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Company DescriptionFastmarkets is an independent commodity pricing and information organisation with over 600 staff. We are fuelled by values that bring us all together and are united by a collective passion to make a difference. We are supported by a working model that is based on a hybrid approach that allows each of us to balance home and office working while encouraging effective collaboration and accountability.Fastmarkets is the most trusted Price Reporting Agency (PRA) in the metals, mining, agriculture, forest products, and energy transition markets. Our price data, forecasts, and market analyses give our customers strategic advantage in complex, volatile, often opaque markets. Our events provide forums for market participants to come together, trade, and talk through the critical issues of our times.We are making a difference. Fastmarkets works to create transparent commodity markets through our reliable and trusted price data and market intelligence. The markets we serve are central to how economies work and are essential for our lives. By doing this, Fastmarkets helps our customers build a more sustainable world. We are built on a 130-year foundation while bringing a digital platform to market, combining the currency of trust with the power of digital.Most importantly, we are fuelled by our teams that, across the globe, make the amazing possible. With a deep sense of purpose and belonging, we are building an extraordinary future – together. If you would like to help build the future, we hope you will join us on our journey.Fastmarkets is owned by global private equity firm Astorg, a specialist investor in healthcare, software, technology, business services and technology-based industrial companies.Job DescriptionFastmarkets Commercial Finance is a dynamic team supporting the business in developing and delivering our strategy through insights, business partnering, commercial acumen, and financial & commercial modelling and support. Highly valued by the business we are working hard to transform the finance function and ways of working in order to step up the value we deliver.We are looking for a 12 month FTC to perm to innovate and transform the Finance to Business relationship and processes within Operations, as well as supporting an ambitious company wide transformation plan.You will need to be able to think on your feet and find creative solutions to data and process issues where there is not always an existing solution. You will need to be able to put in place KPIs and metrics for the business, build robust business cases and you will be an expert in modelling, forecasting budgeting and stakeholder management. You will be comfortable with both revenue and overheads, and ideally understand a subscriptions business.The right candidate will be comfortable dealing with C-Suite level individuals, and able to constructively challenge to ensure we are on track. You will be passionate about accurate detail and able to easily manipulate data in manual processes, whilst also exploring every opportunity for best practice and automation through our FP&A software (Anaplan) to future proof ways of working. You will be highly visual in your presenting style, able to tell a story from facts and data and keen to explore new visualisations or metrics to summarise your points clearly.You will need brilliant excel skills, great presentation skills and fantastic people and influencing skills to work as a valued member of the business as well as finance. The right candidate will be a highly commercial team player skilled in working in a fast paced environment and comfortable with working through transformational change.PRINCIPLE ACCOUNTABILITIESAct as Finance Business Partner to the transformation team to provide insights and analysisWork with the transformation team and Head of FP&A to identify areas for business improvement and increased profitabilityLead budget and forecast processes and overlays for transformationWork with the business to embed ways of working in Anaplan, as well as working on continual improvement and evolution of our processes and dashboardsWork with the Data team to produce dashboards and metrics in Salesforce / Qlik / Anaplan as required to answer business needsProduce and present decks as required, including effective graphics, charts and visualisationsProduce variance analysis, understanding and commentaryBusiness partner key stakeholders across the overhead functionsChallenge assumptions and influence stakeholders to improve business performance while considering financial implicationsChallenge of costs, looking for and tracking synergies, efficiencies and identifying any gapsAnalyse complex financial information and reports to provide accurate and timely financial recommendations to management for decision making purposes - - ability to distil complex technical information into clear simple messagesAssess business performance and strive for a deeper understanding of business levers and underlying driversDevelop financial models to support strategic initiatives and help drive financial decisionsAnalyse trends in key performance indicators highlighting commercial opportunities and risksRespond to ad-hoc requests according to business needsQualificationsWe recruit talented, dynamic people with diverse backgrounds and experiences, all united by a belief in our mission to provide the world’s leading and most trusted price reporting, events, and intelligence service for the markets we serve. We’re proud to be an equal opportunities employer and are committed to creating a fully inclusive workplace, where everyone feels able to participate and contribute meaningfully.If you are open-minded, curious, resilient, solutions-oriented and committed to promoting equality, then read on...KNOWLEDGE, EXPERIENCE AND SKILLSWe are looking for an individual who is highly motivated, driven, and have a passion to be part of a fast-paced, successful team. Being a strong team player is also important as well as someone who is happy to work flexibly.Excellent attention to detailExcellent Excel skills; experience turning large data sets into clear summaries and conclusionsFinance qualification or equivalentHigh commercial acumen, intellectual curiosity and critical thinkingTakes personal responsibility to meet commitments and actively seeks additional responsibilityGood knowledge of accounting systems (ideally NetSuite) and FP&A systems (ideally Anaplan).PowerPoint skills (thinkcell experience a plus); experience building decks for C Suite stakeholdersAn ability to prioritise workload and meet targets set by othersPersonal AttributesOutstanding attention to detail – ability to present accurate information precisely and confidently across the businessProactive team player with strong work ethicFlexible “can do” solution orientated attitudeExcellent interpersonal skills, good at relationship managementIntegrity, sound judgement and decision-making abilityAble to work to tight deadlines and deliver in a change environmentAble to work independently in a remote environment to still deliver resultsAble to build relationships and trust remotelyComfortable working with ambiguity and able to adapt quickly to changing priorities.If you're excited about the role but your experience, skills or qualifications don't perfectly align, we encourage you to apply anyway.Additional InformationOur ValuesFastmarkets people come from all different walks of life. It’s this mix of brilliant personalities, experiences and insights that gives us that warm, open, and friendly culture you can feel as soon as you meet us. But however wonderfully different we all are, there are six things we all have in common – and they form our Fastmarkets values.Created by our own employees to reflect some of the personal traits that Fastmarkets people have, our values are key to what makes our culture unique. They reflect who each of us are and they're embedded in everything we do. Our values are:METRICS DRIVEN. We use insights to improve our customers’ experience and our business performanceACCOUNTABLE. We are accountable to ourselves and those we work with: we keep our promises and get things doneGROWTH MINDSET. This value enables us to be nimble to the changing realities and operate with a sense of urgencyINCLUSIVE. We are inclusive and respectful, celebrating each of us and giving everyone a deep sense of belonging with the desire to bring their best self to work every day.CUSTOMER CENTRIC. We are customer-centric in all that we doCOLLABORATIVE. We are collaborative, able to work across teams and capitalise on the diversity of intellect, perspectives, and experiences.You’ve read a little about us – now it’s over to you!If you like what you’ve read so far and think you can see yourself as a Fastmarkets person, it’s time to fill in your application form. This form is an important part of the selection process: it’s used to determine whether or not you’ll be chosen to have an interview and acts as a basis for the questions we’ll ask you on the day.It’s vital that you try to capture all the relevant information we have asked for on the form so we can get a good feel for who you are and why you’re great.Fastmarkets
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